ART X Collective builds platforms and businesses to empower Africa’s creative talent. Founded by Tokini Peterside, the company’s platforms include: ART X Lagos; ART X Prize; and ART X Live!
The company also includes an advisory arm, and since 2013 has supported pioneering entrepreneurs and brands across the culture, design and luxury sectors. The company was formerly known as TP-Collective.
ART X Lagos is West Africa’s premier international art fair, designed to showcase the best and most innovative contemporary and modern art from the African continent and its Diaspora.
Launched in 2016, the art fair has since become a cornerstone of the Lagos art calendar, drawing local patrons and a host of international collectors, curators, and critics annually.
4
Years Running
300
Artists
31,000
Attendees
3Billion
People Reached
The ART X Prize, currently titled The Access Bank ART X Prize, is the number one prize for emerging artists in Nigeria, created to bolster the efforts of emerging artists who have demonstrated a commitment to careers as professional visual artists. In the absence of infrastructure that exists in other international centres for contemporary art, the Prize was launched to contribute to the burgeoning contemporary art sector in Nigeria.
The Access Bank ART X Prize is sponsored by Access Bank, in partnership with the British Council & Gasworks.
4
Winners
2000
Applications
13
Artists exhibited at ART X Lagos
ART X Live! is a fusion of live music and visual art, that provides a platform for expression and experimentation to Africa’s dynamic young creators.
Launched in 2016, the platform orchestrates exciting collaborations between some of the fastest-rising visual and sound artists on the continent.
The show fuses multiple genres of art and entertainment, delivering an entirely unique artistic experience.
4
Concerts
19
Musicians
11
Visual Artists
2,500
Invited Guests
Since 2013, ART X Collective has supported pioneering entrepreneurs and brands across the culture, design and luxury sectors within West Africa. Former clients have included ALARA and Maki Oh, amongst others.
The consultancy business has since expanded to focus on large scale projects that contribute to the wider ambition of re-shaping the African narrative and transforming the culture sector, on an institutional and state level.
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